Randburg is an area located in northern Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, Gauteng

Gauteng

Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...

, South Africa

South Africa

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. Formerly a separate municipality, its administration devolved to the newly created City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, South Africa...

, along with neighbouring Sandton and Roodepoort, in the late 1990s.

The resident demographic of Randburg tends to be more affluent than most of Johannesburg although run down in recent years. The area was declared as a white area during the Apartheid era, but post-apartheid has attracted a varied population. It is still predominated by white English and Afrikaans

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...

 suburban citizens.

Randburg is well known for its plethora of shopping malls and entertainment nodes, including the Brightwater Commons

Brightwater Commons

Brightwater Commons , located in Ferndale, Randburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa, is one of Johannesburg's better-known entertainment, restaurant and shopping centres...

, Cresta Centre, Northgate and the Randburg Square (formerly Sanlam Shopping Centre) among various others.

Randburg is the birthplace of Bradley Raymond Winn.

Randburg contains numerous suburbs; many of these are residential. Some larger areas include Blairgowrie, Ferndale, Kensington B, Darrenwood, Linden

Linden, Gauteng

Linden is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa - situated along the border of Randburg.The suburb was designed so that most of the streets and avenues form similar sized "blocks" of housing areas. Third Avenue passes through the middle, along which a number of shops, churches and schools can be...

, Cresta

Cresta, Gauteng

Cresta is a suburb of Randburg, South Africa, situated near the border of Johannesburg.Although it is mostly a residential area, in the middle is Cresta Shopping Centre....

, Aldara Park, Olivedale, Randpark Ridge

Randpark Ridge

Randpark Ridge is a suburb of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in the Roodepoort region of the Johannesburg metropolitan council. It fell into the town of Randburg during the apartheid era...

, Boskruin  and Fairlands, Gauteng

Fairlands, Gauteng

Fairland is a residential suburb in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The area originates from a farm called Weltenvrede.Currently, statistics show that Fairland has the lowest crime compared to other suburbs within Johannesburg....

. Randburg is not a regulated area anymore; local citizens would roughly define the town from the southern suburbs of Linden, Northcliff and Cresta, to the north in Olivedale and Strijdom Park.

Economy

Hellenic Imperial Airways

Hellenic Imperial Airways

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has its South Africa offices in the Holiday House in Randburg.

DSTV, M-Net and Super Sport have their head offices in Randburg.